Hermann Volrath Hilprecht, eminent Assyriologist, arrived in the United States in 1886, summoned by the Sunday School Times
to edit their oriental section. He was also appointed Professor of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania. The following
year, Hilprecht assumned the duties of Curator of the Babylonian and General Semitic section of the Museum of Archaeology
at Penn. Hilprecht was the scientific director for the Babylonian expedition to Nippur. In all, he worked on four expeditions,
specializing in the interpretation of the cuneiform tablets. The Hermann V. Hilprecht Near East section records consist of
five boxes of data. The folders had been previously organized into correspondence, collections, publications and controversy
divisions. During processing, the correspondence was placed more appropriately in general, curatorial and publishing subdivisions.
The collection folders as well as the majority of the publication data required only placement in chronological order.

title

Hermann V. Hilprecht Near East Section records

creator

Hilprecht, Hermann Volrath, 1859-1925

id

PU-Mu. 0062

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

extent

2.7 linear feet

inclusive date

1892-1913

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

Hermann Volrath Hilprecht, eminent Assyriologist, arrived in the United States in 1886, summoned by the Sunday School Times
to edit their oriental section. He was also appointed Professor of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania. The following
year, Hilprecht assumned the duties of Curator of the Babylonian and General Semitic section of the Museum of Archaeology
at Penn. Hilprecht was the scientific director for the Babylonian expedition to Nippur. In all, he worked on four expeditions,
specializing in the interpretation of the cuneiform tablets. The Hermann V. Hilprecht Near East section records consist of
five boxes of data. The folders had been previously organized into correspondence, collections, publications and controversy
divisions. During processing, the correspondence was placed more appropriately in general, curatorial and publishing subdivisions.
The collection folders as well as the majority of the publication data required only placement in chronological order.